#FEF261#FEF261

#FEF261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.854; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.163 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FEF261
RGB	rgb(254, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.07, -12.85, 69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.07, 70.39, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(94.45% -0.041 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(94.45% 0.163 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(74.7856, 85.4408, 23.8593)
Luminance	0.8544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FEF261 #616DFE

analogous

#FEA461 #FEF261 #BCFE61

triadic

#FEF261 #61FEF2 #F261FE

tetradic

#FEF261 #61FEA4 #616DFE #FE61BC

square

#FEF261 #61FEA4 #616DFE #FE61BC

split-complementary

#FEF261 #61BCFE #A461FE

monochromatic

#E3D201 #FEED24 #FEF261 #FEF79E #FFFCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FEF261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.09

#FEF261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FEF261

18.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FEF261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FEF261	1.00	1.16	18.09	18.09
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fef261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.163 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff694',
    500: '#fef261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fef261;
$custom-light: #fff694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fef261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.414,
    "s": 98.742,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94448,
    "c": 0.16279,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.85438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FEF261

secondary

#2B38D8

accent

#12E600

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#19170E

muted

#87857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FEF261

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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